The following article contains references to domestic violence.

Let’s take a look at the tragic life of Nicole Brown Simpson.

Simpson, under her spell.

Nicole Brown Simpson and OJ Simpson smiling

Though Nicole’s father was American, her mother was German.

However, Prestridge also noted that his former student always appeared to be more grown-up than her peers.

She met O.J.

Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J Simpson smiling

Simpson when she was just 18

When Nicole Brown Simpson first laid eyes on O.J.

Simpson, she was just 18 years old.

At the time, she worked as a waitress at The Daisy, a popular Beverly Hills nightclub.

Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson partying

While others were starstruck by Simpson, she had absolutely no idea who he was.

We know themost tragic details about O.J.

They like someone older and more sophisticated, and she certainly did.

Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson smiling

He was everybody’s idol, of course, then."

First loves tend to hit hard, but Nicole had it bad.

Within a couple of months, Nicole had moved in with her new love.

Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson smiling

I have no other college education, and I hold no degrees."

Simpson’s relationship with his first wife Marguerite Whitleylasted over 10 years.

They shared three children together, Arnelle, Jason, and Aaren.

Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson smiling

Aaren was just under 2 years old in 1979 when she drowned in the family swimming pool.

Despite getting rushed to intensive care, Aaren didn’t make it.

was upset and had gone after his wife and had to be restrained."

Nicole and O.J. Simpson posing with their kids

It’s not a stretch to assume that this heartbreaking chain of events deeply impacted Nicole.

I no longer have that opportunity."

Her life may have been luxuriously expensive but at what cost?

Nicole Brown and O.J. Simpson smiling

Simpson’s kids,Sydney and Brooke.

The couple threw lavish parties at Easter for their family and friends.

We would play games scavenger hunt, truth or consequences."

Kris and Caitlyn Jenner and Nicole and O.J. Simpson

But by other accounts, it was just a facade that hid an unsettling truth.

On both sides."

according toThe New York Times.

Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson smiling

You’ve been here eight times.

And you never do anything about him."

Simpson wound up in court on misdemeanor domestic abuse charges.

Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson

However, Nicole Brown Simpson didn’t let even her closest friends in on her marital woes.

She was never free to be herself or have friends.

She wasn’t available for that kind of intimacy."

… Everybody knows about 1989.

Does anybody know about any other time?"

But where did this theory start?

Is this the real reasonKim Kardashian stays silent about the trial that made her family famous?

Simpson’s responded by telling her to ask her husband.

However, givenCaitlyn Jenner only had two words to say about O.J.

Simpson’s death, some fans aren’t convinced by Kris' denial.

She struggled to adjust to post-divorce life

For Nicole Brown Simpson, divorcing O.J.

Simpson must have been a big step.

A friend of hers, Cora Fischman, told theLos Angeles Timesthat Nicole “started all over again.”

Indeed, the pair did get back together, but old habits die hard.

Her children were asleep in the apartment at the time and were thankfully unharmed.

Simpson was charged with murder but acquitted thanks to the help of his friend and lawyer Robert Kardashian.

Whether Simpson committed the crime remains a polarizing question.

Ronald Goldman would be here today if it wouldn’t have been for him."